PSYC 305 FINAL EXAM || ALL ANSWERS ARE
CORRECT 100%.
The concept of ________ is a characteristic of ______ theories correct answers Stage;
discontinuous
A researcher had planned to examine children's memories for traumatic events by showing his
participants a videotape of a violent crime, but his project was rejected by his university's ethics
committee. The committee MOST likely rejected this study because it violated which od the
following research rights? correct answers Protection from harm
Which of the following research methods can be used to test a cause-and-effect relationship
between two variables? correct answers experiments
At the microsystem level Bronfenbrenner's ecological system theory, one might examine the
correct answers interactions between a mother and her children
In B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning theory,____________ decreases the strength of a behavior
correct answers punishment
According to the behavioristic approach, the proper focus of study for psychology should be
correct answers directly observable events
Unlike Piaget, Vygotsky viewed cognitive development as a(n)__________process correct
answers socially mediated
Freud's theory was the first theory to emphasize the role of___________in child development
correct answers childhood experiences
In a study examining the development of pretend play, professor Tomy observed two-, three-,
four-, and five-year-olds on one occasion in a specially designed playroom. The design of this
study is correct answers cross-sectional
Piaget's ideas about cognitive development during infancy and toddlerhood were derived from
correct answers making observations of his own children
According to research on resiliency, which of the following factors is associated with protection
against the damaging effects of stressful life or abusive conditions? correct answers social
support outside the immediate family
Two-year-old Victoria hugs an upset classmate in the same way that her parents hug her at home
when she is upset. According to social learning theory, Victoria likely learned this response to
her classmate's distress through correct answers modeling
, The 3 major domains of development that operate throughout the lifespan are correct answers
physical, cognitive, and social
Theorists who emphasize that children everywhere follow the same course of development most
likely believe that development correct answers occurs in stages
_______contain______chromosomes correct answers gametes; 23
What could one determine about a person whose 23rd pair of chromosomes is XY correct
answers the person is a male
Jim and Joanna are brother and sister, two years apart in age; Louis and Louisa are fraternal
twins. Which pair is genetically more similar? correct answers Both pairs are equally similar
'D' is the symbol for the dark-haired allele; 'd' is the symbol for the blond-haired allele. Three
children have the following allele pairs: Lizzy has DD, Lena has Dd, Lyle has dD and Laura has
dd. Which child is considered dominant homozygous and has dark hair? correct answers Lizzy
_______are more likely than________to be affected by X-linked diseases correct answers males;
females
Down syndrome is most commonly caused by correct answers failure of the 21st pair of
chromosomes to separate during meiosis
Which environmental context has the first and longest-lasting influence on children's
development? correct answers their family
Of all Western countries, _____________ has the highest percentage of extremely poor children.
correct answers the United States
Public Policies safeguarding children and youth have been ________in the United States than in
other Western industrialized nations. correct answers slower to emerge
A concordance rate of 50% indicates that correct answers if one twin has the trait, the other one
will have it half the time
Which of the following is supported by research on family size? correct answers parents with
lower intelligence test scores tend to have larger families than parents with higher scores
The period of the zygote lasts about________, beginning with__________. correct answers 2
weeks; fertilization
The placenta is correct answers the organ that permits food and oxygen to reach the developing
organism
CORRECT 100%.
The concept of ________ is a characteristic of ______ theories correct answers Stage;
discontinuous
A researcher had planned to examine children's memories for traumatic events by showing his
participants a videotape of a violent crime, but his project was rejected by his university's ethics
committee. The committee MOST likely rejected this study because it violated which od the
following research rights? correct answers Protection from harm
Which of the following research methods can be used to test a cause-and-effect relationship
between two variables? correct answers experiments
At the microsystem level Bronfenbrenner's ecological system theory, one might examine the
correct answers interactions between a mother and her children
In B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning theory,____________ decreases the strength of a behavior
correct answers punishment
According to the behavioristic approach, the proper focus of study for psychology should be
correct answers directly observable events
Unlike Piaget, Vygotsky viewed cognitive development as a(n)__________process correct
answers socially mediated
Freud's theory was the first theory to emphasize the role of___________in child development
correct answers childhood experiences
In a study examining the development of pretend play, professor Tomy observed two-, three-,
four-, and five-year-olds on one occasion in a specially designed playroom. The design of this
study is correct answers cross-sectional
Piaget's ideas about cognitive development during infancy and toddlerhood were derived from
correct answers making observations of his own children
According to research on resiliency, which of the following factors is associated with protection
against the damaging effects of stressful life or abusive conditions? correct answers social
support outside the immediate family
Two-year-old Victoria hugs an upset classmate in the same way that her parents hug her at home
when she is upset. According to social learning theory, Victoria likely learned this response to
her classmate's distress through correct answers modeling
, The 3 major domains of development that operate throughout the lifespan are correct answers
physical, cognitive, and social
Theorists who emphasize that children everywhere follow the same course of development most
likely believe that development correct answers occurs in stages
_______contain______chromosomes correct answers gametes; 23
What could one determine about a person whose 23rd pair of chromosomes is XY correct
answers the person is a male
Jim and Joanna are brother and sister, two years apart in age; Louis and Louisa are fraternal
twins. Which pair is genetically more similar? correct answers Both pairs are equally similar
'D' is the symbol for the dark-haired allele; 'd' is the symbol for the blond-haired allele. Three
children have the following allele pairs: Lizzy has DD, Lena has Dd, Lyle has dD and Laura has
dd. Which child is considered dominant homozygous and has dark hair? correct answers Lizzy
_______are more likely than________to be affected by X-linked diseases correct answers males;
females
Down syndrome is most commonly caused by correct answers failure of the 21st pair of
chromosomes to separate during meiosis
Which environmental context has the first and longest-lasting influence on children's
development? correct answers their family
Of all Western countries, _____________ has the highest percentage of extremely poor children.
correct answers the United States
Public Policies safeguarding children and youth have been ________in the United States than in
other Western industrialized nations. correct answers slower to emerge
A concordance rate of 50% indicates that correct answers if one twin has the trait, the other one
will have it half the time
Which of the following is supported by research on family size? correct answers parents with
lower intelligence test scores tend to have larger families than parents with higher scores
The period of the zygote lasts about________, beginning with__________. correct answers 2
weeks; fertilization
The placenta is correct answers the organ that permits food and oxygen to reach the developing
organism
